GREEN GOODS Annual: Verbena Bulb/Corm: Gladiolus These crops were voted as the hottest plants for 2022 by NGB member companies. By Diane Blazek The 2022 choices for National Garden Bureau's " Year of the " program are really hot! The NGB members certainly had a good vision for the future when they chose these specific crop classes almost two years ago. How and why are they chosen you might ask? We keep a running list of top crops from our exclusive, proprietary market share surveys then every three years, we ask our members to vote on which ones to feature over the next three years. Members select based on trends, new breeding work in that class and ones 32 | LAWN & GARDEN RETAILER | THRIVING IN 2022 that have mass appeal among consumers. Annual: Verbena Climate change is certainly changing the way Americans garden, and with breeders working on new varieties that are ever more heat and